Word: eye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is more than meets the eye in the prolongation of the Little Entente's life. The three countries between them command a standing army of more than half a million men. While the Greco-Turkish impasse at Lausanne lasts, Yugo-Slavia is keeping an army on the Greek frontier. If hostilities should commence, the other two members of the Little Entente might be dragged into another Balkan War. It is vain to point out that this is a result of the Balkanization of Central Europe...
...following estimates of books much in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE. Here was a Mr. Facing-Against-Both-Ways. "He opposed all parties, all movements and pretty much all men." Washington, both Adamses, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Clay?in time he stood against them all. A withering eye, a "ghostly, blighting . . . long, lean forefinger," an acid tongue, an irritable nature?for 30 years in the House of Representatives, "he was a furious negative...
...following estimates of books most in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion...
...horrors-will come over to New York under the direction of the Selwyns, associated with William Elliott. The cadaverous M. Max and the agile Mile. Paulette (who has been murdered in more different and spine-chilling ways than any other actress on the Parisian stage) will lead the company. Eye-gouging, vitriol-throwing and premature burial are some the jovial themes employed in previous Grand Guignol productions. R. U. R. is opening in London shortly. A robot with a genuinely English accent should be the height of something or other-ingenuity, perhaps. The outdoor show business at Coney Island...